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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Eddy Mayoraz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jin Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles Yimin Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eddy Mayoraz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jin Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles Yimin Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A user interface method and apparatus for an electronic device operates by detecting () a stroke of a touch sensitive display () forming a part of the electronic device. The stroke is categorized () as one of a swish type stroke and a non-swish type stroke. If the stroke is a non-swish stroke, it is translated () into an application function. If the stroke is a swish stroke, it is converted () to a character input function. The touch sensitive display () has a grid () containing cells (, etc.), with each cell containing a plurality of characters, and the grid can overlay application interface to thereby occupying a common area, up to and including the entire area, of the touch sensitive display ().